Meme per honorh

[selenak]

The tree is duly decorated, so far no family nervous breakdowns. Somehow, this makes me try another meme:

If you had me under your command and could make me write anything, regardless of whether or not I know the fandom or if anybody even writes fic in that fandom and no matter how crack-addled it might be, what would you love to see me write?

Note: this is not a Christmas wishlist, especially since life is pretty hectic (for all of us, I guess), but who knows? Once upon a time altariel gave me the plot bunny that led to me writing Quark's Day a good while later...

Comments

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

I'd pick a Highlander/Blake's 7 crossover, starring Methos in the Blakeverse. (Methos is the little black dress of fandom. He goes with everything.) Seeing him and Avon snarking at each other would be priceless. Not to mention a scene between Methos and Servalan.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Garak meets G'Kar.

[futuresoon.livejournal.com]

As awesome as you are with gen--which is, I assure you, pretty damn awesome--I'd sort of like to see some actual Nathan/Peter from you, if only because I've just now realized I've practically stopped reading fanfiction except for the writers I know, which is not actually very much so I'm getting hungry for some actual slash from someone and you are, of course, awesome at everything you do, so I suspect you would probably do a good job of it.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

A Nine/Rose/Jack takeoff on "School Reunion," only set in America, sans Sarah Jane (awesome as she is) and with Rose going undercover as a senior. Must include the sentence, "Rose! No sex for you until you finish your homework."

No, I haven't had any absolutely insane Plot Poodles gnawing at my ankles. Why do you ask?

P.S. I'll try to write you today sometime, but I have to warn you that thus far, this weekend has proven to be absolutely insane. I literally didn't have a half hour to call my own yesterday.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Wallace, Gromit, and Seven of Nine

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Alas, Rose and Nine are both characters I don't think I could write (this is not Nine-discriminating - I don't think I could write Six or Two, either!), though actually I'd love to read an AU where they and Jack during their time together encounter either Sarah Jane or any of the other previous Companions. Or for that matter an adventure where Rose has to go undercover at an American high school which just happens to be in Sunnydale. Either Nine/Giles or Jack/Giles is optional.

So while I'm in sympathy for insane plot poodles, I'm afraid I must leave them in your care!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

True about Methos, and either scene would be a must. Hmmmm. (altariel once wrote a snippet where Methos greets a newly immortal Avon on Gauda Prime, but I don't think she wrote an actual story...)

[selenak.livejournal.com]

This is where I confess my shame: haven't seen a single Wallace & Gromit except for trailers before other movies. I always meant to rectify that! But even from the trailers, I can see why they & Seven of Nine would be a hilarious combo.

....hm, would the holodeck be involved?

[selenak.livejournal.com]

If it's not written until May, you should request it at the next Multiverse, because I can so see that...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I've had images of it in my mind for ages, but my fanfic inspiration is almost non-existent these days, unless I'm writing Tolkien.

This is a great meme and I think I'll give it a go.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Why doest thou tempt me, Evil One? Someone has to write gen in this fandom, after all. Also, if, in theory, I were to write some Petrellicest for you, it would probably be pretty much like my few other slash and het efforts to date, i.e. non-explicit and barely out of the subtext realm. I'd link you my middle-aged aliens as examples, since I pioneered that particular pairing, but you haven't watched Babylon 5, so I offer some Garak/Bashir (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1972769/1/Paths_Not_Taken) from DS9 as an example of how I'd write "Five things which never happened between Nathan and Peter". In theory.

[futuresoon.livejournal.com]

Man, I don't care, these days I hardly venture out of the non-explicit practically-subtext realm myself. I just want something.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen DS9, either, so I suspect I'd be deeply confused by a story for it. :\ Too much to see, too much to see...

[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

How about an Alias/Heroes crossover, where Angela is the secret Fourth Derevko sister - or even better, a Sloane? And my all-time favourite would be a Nathan & Nadia scene somewhere in it.

The other thing that comes to mind is a POTC/Dr. Who crossover, where Ten meets Elizabeth, and Jack Sparrow gets very impressed by Martha. Additionally, a conversation between Donna and Norrington would likely be a hoot - and of course the two Captain Jacks would have to meet, if at all possible.

[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

Oh, and Schöne Feiertage!

[kernezelda]

A conversation between Rygel and Londo Mollari, post PKW and post-Sleeping In Light, could be very interesting. They both have lived through incredible adventures.

[randomblade.livejournal.com]

Hm. A firefly story...any firefly story. If crack-y, then maybe one where wash comes back.

If we're going cracktastic, where wash comes back but has lost his memory and has to build it again.

Merry Christmas. Have a missing scene.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

„That’s Nathan,“ Peter said, his eyes not leaving Nathan’s face “Even in the middle of an election, he has time to look after his messed up little brother.”

Two things were evident at this point: Peter currently was having the time of his life, and Nathan would have to ask Linderman for the dammed painting. He would also have to hope both the journalist and Heidi bought Peter’s explanation about Vegas, but the thing with the painting was just as bad. Feeding Peter’s obsession with the freakshow their lives had recently turned into meant throwing lightning matches into gasoline, and besides, Nathan didn’t want any connection between Peter and Linderman, not even in a remote way. When Linderman went down, all the details of Nathan’s transactions with him would be on record with the FBI, and having to explain what the request for a Mendez painting was about wasn’t something he wanted to do to begin with.

“A true family man,” Oliver Dennison commented, and Nathan continued smiling while the anger and frustration in him grew. Peter nodded and put some of the asparagus on his plate, dipping it into the Hollandaise and nearly losing his fork.

“Damm,” Peter said, still looking at Nathan. “I really suck at this. Depression does that to you. I used to be better at it.”

He took the recovered fork and started to lick the Hollandaise from the asparagus. For a moment, Nathan stared in disbelief, then he said, putting the hand that wasn’t holding Heidi’s on Peter’s shoulder: “That’s okay, Pete. I’m familiar with your failings.”

“Nathan!” Heidi said reproachfully. Peter’s eyes hadn’t lost their sparkle, and he didn’t look hurt at all. Maybe that was the most disturbing aspect about the whole conversation. Nathan needed to get back control, and he needed it fast. His fingers dug a little deeper into Peter’s shoulder; Peter just leaned a little more into his touch.

Showing up at Peter’s apartment late that night was about explanations, about warning Peter in the vain hope that hearing about that bizarre kidnapping attempt would give his brother a reality check about the danger his latest obsession carried. It was about controlling the chaos, or at least attempt to. Nothing else.

Which was what Nathan told himself after delivering his warning and leaving again. He told himself just that, and then he turned around and knocked at Peter’s door once more.

This really wasn’t his day for lying.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

They did. If the muse doesn't talk to me until May, you must request it for the next Multiverse!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Schöne Feiertage auch Dir.

Alias as Arvin Sloane's half sister is an appealing thought. (My own idea about an Alias/Heroes crossover revolves around a caper in Vegas where Sydney or Nadia have to steal a Rambaldi painting from Linderman's vault and try to use Nathan to get into the inner sanctum...) After all, they share so much (bad touching, manipulativeness...)!

POTC/DW: that's a hilarious idea, and very tempting, too!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Writing Firefly scares me a bit, because of the dialect/accent of most characters, but Wash doesn't have one, so who knows, that plot bunny might get into a grown rabbit someday...

Re: Merry Christmas. Have a missing scene.

[futuresoon.livejournal.com]

For serious, that is some delicious little stuff. And now you must do more. Perhaps you'll even get them to kiss on-screen at some point.

[randomblade.livejournal.com]

true, that!

Are those men kissing?

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Just for you. Happy New Year, two days in advance.

Three Times Peter Did Not Kiss Nathan:

In anger:

Getting sold out by the person you love best in all the world gives you all kind of crazy ideas. When Nathan calls him a suicidal nutcase in front of Simone and half New York, Peter has to leave, because for a moment he’s angry enough to retaliate in the one way that’s guaranteed to make things worse. Step forward, put his hands on Nathan and kiss him, get that taste of betrayal and ambition, bite hard enough to get blood as well. Let Nathan try to explain that away.

He’s never sure whether punching Nathan later was really the better option, all things considered.

In grief:

When he replays Nathan telling him about Dad’s death, this is always the way he changes it. Nathan doesn’t get to say “I love you, but I can’t be with you right now” because Peter is faster. He kisses Nathan before Nathan can get the words out, and Nathan doesn’t use his grief and guilt to build a wall between them. Nathan doesn’t pull back either, because at that point, with their father, his father dead and Heidi at the hospital, her survival still uncertain, Nathan doesn’t have anyone to pull back for. So he stays.

The weird thing is that Peter doesn’t believe it would have made a difference to anything that came after.

In joy:

If Adam hadn’t been there to drag him away, Peter would have remained in Nathan’s hospital room. And be caught by Elle and the Haitian five minutes later, obviously. But maybe not. Fantasies are always a bit unrealistic, but here is how he imagines it could have happened, if Adam had left on his own immediately after donating his blood: Nathan heals to the point where Peter can take him off the IVs. Elle and the Haitian would have been on the floor outside by then, yes, but Peter would have opened the window, taken Nathan, who’d still have been too dazed to register anything, just as he had the night he had almost gotten Nathan killed, and flown away. And then, with nothing but the cold night around them, miles away from anyone else, Nathan would have regained consciousness, fully healed, and would have demanded to know what the hell was going on and what did Peter think he was doing anyway?

Peter wouldn’t have said anything. He wouldn’t have had to. Because Nathan have stopped mid-sentence as soon as Peter opened his mouth, and they would have breathed each other in, like air.

Re: Are those men kissing?

[futuresoon.livejournal.com]

wstfgl. wstfgl, I say. Oh, man, now I want to read all the stories where these things did happen, little AUs or big AUs or not AUs at all. And dammit, you've made me heartsick to see those boys again for real--why isn't it September yet? Why do we have to wait? Well, at least having to wait lets us feed off things like this, and I am not entirely unhappy about that. Happy New Year's to you too, and my icon, while not being the one I use here, enjoys the shout-out. ;)

Re: Merry Christmas. Have a missing scene.

[kate-swynford.livejournal.com]

A great filler for the episode. It fits so well into canon. You've got everyone's voices down perfect. And I loved the ending. *sigh*

Re: Are those men kissing?

[kate-swynford.livejournal.com]

Perfect. Number three is my favourite. :)

Re: Merry Christmas. Have a missing scene.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Canon plausibility is the best praise. *beams*

Re: Are those men kissing?

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I had fun writing them, going for the complete range of Petrelli emotions for each other.